G7 Week 07

Thursday-Friday, October 19-20th (Guest Teacher)

Today in science: Dr. Merritt was away attending a work-related conference in Italy. After taking their Dissection Kit (Functions) quiz, students were asked to hand in their final lab reports to the guest teacher. They then watched–or in the case of A period, continued watching–the “Traveling” episode (Episode 1) of the BBC’s The Private Life of Plants. During this video, students were asked to keep notes in which, every 5 minutes or so, they wrote answers to a simple question: What abilities have you just seen in a plant (or group of plants) that you think is really interesting?

Homework: There is no science homework this weekend.

Wednesday, October 18th

A period: After handing in their final lab reports, students watched the “Traveling” episode (Episode 1) of the BBC’s The Private Life of Plants. During this video, students were asked to keep notes in which, every 5 minutes or so, they wrote answers to a simple question: What abilities have you just seen in a plant (or group of plants) that you think is really interesting?

Today in science: F period does not meet on Wednesdays.

G period: Students were able to complete the digital work on their Writing Utensil Investigation report today. This involved putting the finishing touches on the Conclusions and Discussion sections, as well as adding some page numbers to the Results section.

Homework:

1) F and G period students need to print the final Writing Utensil Investigation report by their next class. Students were given blue protective folders in which to place their final printed reports. Students were also asked to add three additional documents to their report: Testing Matrix, Bar Graph, and Line Graph.

2) There will be a quiz on Thursday (A period) or Friday (F & G period). The study guide can be seen below (Monday), but also accessed by selecting this link.

Tuesday, October 17th

Today in science: G period does not meet on Tuesdays. Both A and F period students were able to complete the digital work on their Writing Utensil Investigation report today. This involved putting the finishing touches on the Conclusions and Discussion sections, as well as adding some page numbers to the Results section.

Homework:

1) A and F period students need to print the final Writing Utensil Investigation report by their next class. Students were given blue protective folders in which to place their final printed reports. Students were also asked to add three additional documents to their report: Testing Matrix, Bar Graph, and Line Graph.

2) There will be a quiz on Thursday (A period) or Friday (F & G period). The study guide can be seen below (Monday), but also accessed by selecting this link.

Monday, October 16th

Today in science: After adding some sentences to the Results section, students were asked to finalize their Conclusion section and add a (final) Discussion section. In the Discussion section, students have been asked to 1) revisit the original Research Question, 2) recall two of Dr. Merritt’s unbreakable rules, and 3) make an action statement (or statements) discuss what their results and conclusions statements mean when it comes to choosing a writing instrument when writing in their lab notebook.

Homework: There will be a quiz on Thursday (A period) or Friday (F & G period). The study guide can be seen below, but also accessed by selecting this link.

Time travel is possible…

Time travel is possible…

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